The Austrian beverage brand has decided to mount the fifth gearbox in the RB19 of the world leader
In the last hours it has been known that Red Bull has decided to mount a new gearbox in Max’s RB19 Verstappenwhich means exceeding the number allowed and for this reason, the Dutchman will receive a penalty of five positions on the starting grid on Sunday.
After 11 Grand Prix it is not surprising that teams are forced to mount extra components on their cars. And this weekend The turn has come for Max Verstappen and Red Bull and this generated the penalty that we talked about earlier. However, there is more.
Verstappen’s sanction will be applied to the result he gets in the next classification
There are four units that can be assembled without penalty, so, by debuting his fifth gearbox, Max Verstappen will receive five penalty positions for Sunday’s grid. It should be noted that the penalty affects only the Sunday grid and not the sprint grid.
Now the followers they wonder if this could mean the end of the streak of consecutive victories that Verstappen has accumulated since the Miami Grand Prix. Undoubtedly, not starting from the top positions is always an extra challenge, but the Dutchman already knows what it’s like to stage great comebacks at Spa-Francorchamps.
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last season Max Verstappen also penalized and fell to the 14th position On the grid, however, this was not an impediment to his victory and he won with a 17-second advantage. In fact, only 18 laps were enough for the Dutchman to reach the head of the race.
However, this could bring benefits to Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin driver, who with his desire to have victory 33 in Formula 1 in his hands soon, takes advantage of the sanction that Max Verstappen has received. Without a doubt, with Verstappen far from the head, it is something much more feasible for the Spaniard.